Robot World

Hi again, and welcome back to my blog. Following on from my initial post last week, I thought I'd show the prototyping I've done with the mobile platform so far. I started out by dismantling a radio control model I bought on e-bay as a non working spares-or-repair item. I bought this as I was only interested in stripping it down to the bare bones for a chassis for my mobile robot. I went with this approach as it got me the chassis, with built in battery compartment and loudspeaker, complete with the wheels and gearboxes for around £5.00, plus a couple of pounds P&P. An absolute bargain! The one I chose has quite a large base, ideal for mounting my electronics, and the upper housing is also quite roomy inside, so that when I'm happy with the electronics it can be refitted to give some protection. The photo's below show this stage of the conversion. The radio control board removed from model The chassis after removal of the RC board The upper hou...

Hi, and welcome to my Blog. This blog is to share my adventures in creating Robots and AI solutions to everyday, real-world problems. In that respect it's intended as more of a diary of what I'm been up to, and what progress I've made in my adventure, although I will also be posting some thoughts and ideas to see what feedback I get. At the moment, I'm just at the start of the adventure, having recently completed an MSc in AI & Robotics, and now I'm putting the theory into practice. I'm using Arduino type controllers to interface with the actuators and sensors, and plan on having Raspberry Pis to perform the more complex, processor intensive functions, such as Mapping & Localisation, as well as Video Image processing. Over the next few months I'll post progress on where I'm up to, with some pictures and video of things in action. Currently I'm developing a small mobile platform which I can use to experiment with. I'll be using ultra...